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Debate highlights
- Subpoena procedure (House Rule 28): Representatives offered competing views over whether committee chairs should be able to issue subpoenas directly or whether the process should remain controlled by the full House and the speaker. Opponents said the proposed change would codify a practical impossibility and risk shifting enforcement to the executive branch; supporters said it would align practice with Mason’s Manual and make committees more effective. The floor amendment to House Rule 28 was put to a division vote and failed.

- Executive session notice (House Rule 44): Members debated restoring earlier notice standards for executive session so the public has a time-certain for observation. Supporters described the prior rule as a time-honored tradition that improved transparency; opponents argued committees need flexibility to move business. A floor amendment to Rule 44 was adopted after a recorded division vote.

- Dress code (House Rule 2, floor amendment in seat pockets): A proposal to require \"proper business attire\" when the House is in session drew objections that the rule is vague and would be difficult to enforce; opponents warned it could lead to repeated reprimand procedures. The floor amendment to Rule 2 failed in a division vote.

- Display and possession of weapons on the floor (House Rule 64): Members debated whether to prohibit carrying or possessing deadly weapons in the chamber, the gallery, and anterooms. Supporters argued the change would restore a long-standing practice and improve safety; opponents framed it as a rollback of rights and noted New Hampshire’s recent statutory changes on carry. The motion to amend Rule 64 (to restore a prohibition on weapons in the chamber) failed on a roll call.

- Other rules and clerical fixes: The House approved multiple other changes or clarifications, including amendments that clarified the role of security personnel references, codified best practices on time limits for speakers, and adjusted procedures for consent calendar withdrawals and second-committee referrals.

Votes at a glance (selected floor actions with outcomes as recorded on the floor)
- Amendment to House Rule 66 (rules committee amendment): adopted (voice vote).
- Floor amendment to House Rule 28 (subpoena procedure; division vote): failed (division recorded on the floor).
- Motion to table adoption of an amendment to House Rule 2 (on the calendar): motion to table adopted (laid on the table by voice vote).
- Floor amendment to House Rule 43 (rules committee amendment): adopted (voice vote).
- Floor amendment to House Rule 44 (executive session notice, return-to-tradition amendment): adopted (division vote; final state of the vote announced as \"The amendment is adopted\").
- Floor amendment to House Rule 46(c) (procedure when a committee has no recommendation): adopted (voice vote).
- Floor amendment to House Rule 64 (add word \"intentionally\" re: display of deadly weapons; roll call requested): amended language adopted in one instance; a separate motion to restore prohibition on carrying weapons in the chamber failed on roll call (final tallies recorded on the floor show the amendment failed).
- Floor amendment to House Rule 39 (withdrawal by prime sponsor with cosponsor concurrence): adopted (voice vote).
- Floor amendment to House Rule 36(e) (limit on filing in second year unless six cosponsors): failed (division vote).
- Several other floor amendments and clerical fixes were considered and either adopted or failed; committees and the clerk were instructed to follow up on editorial and clerical changes.

Speaker attributions and debate excerpts are quoted from representatives who spoke on the floor; where the transcript did not tie a detail to a single speaker, the article attributes the item to the House floor or leaves it unattributed.

Ending
Members concluded the rule debates after multiple division and roll-call votes and moved on to the introduction of bills. The House recessed for a security briefing and scheduled training and caucuses for the remainder of the day.
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Scanlon read vote totals for counties across the state and summarized statewide totals: \"Kelly Ayotte received 436,122 votes. Joyce Craig received 360,149 votes. And Stephen [as reported in the returns] received 16,202 votes,\" and said Ayotte’s plurality was 75,973 votes. Following the report, members of both chambers adopted a resolution accepting the returns.

Scanlon also reported results for executive council districts. He read the winners and the reported vote totals for each district; for example, in the first district Joseph Kenny was reported elected with a plurality, and the second and third district winners were read aloud and reported as having pluralities in their districts.

The joint convention adopted a resolution asking a three-house/senate committee to compare and count the returns and report back; the convention then adjourned and the House returned to its separate session. The reading of the returns and the resolutions to receive them and form the counting committee were carried by voice votes or division votes as noted from the House floor.

The joint canvass is the formal record of the returns presented by the secretary of state and does not itself create new offices or change the statutory certification process; Scanlon’s presentation recorded the state’s official tallies for the public record.

Members present observed a brief moment to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter before proceeding to other business.

Votes at a glance
- Resolution that the House meet with the Senate in joint convention to canvass the votes for governor and executive council (motion offered by Representatives Osborne and Simpson): adopted (voice vote).
- Secretary of State David M. Scanlon presented the official returns for governor and executive council as required by Part II, Articles 42 and 60 of the New Hampshire Constitution; report accepted by the joint convention (adopted).
- Resolution referring the returns for governor and council to a committee of three House members and two senators to compare and count the returns (motion offered by Representatives Osborne and Senator Birdsall): adopted (voice vote).

Ending
The House returned to its separate session after the joint convention adjourned and proceeded to consider a large package of proposed changes to House rules and other routine introductions of bills and motions.","The New Hampshire joint convention met Jan. 8, 2025, to receive the official returns for governor and executive council. Secretary of State David M. Scanlon presented county-by-county totals and declared Kelly Ayotte elected governor by a reported plurality; executive councilors were declared elected in each district.","actionData","errors"]

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New Hampshire House debates multiple rule changes; several amendments adopted, several fail

Joint convention canvasses Nov. 5 returns; Secretary of State reports Kelly Ayotte elected governor